DALLAS, MAR. 15, 2013 —AT&T* today announced that it will seek to hire more than 90 bilingual retail specialists in North Texas to accommodate the growing demand for products and services by bilingual customers in its retail stores across the area. These jobs are in addition to the more than 450 new employees hired in North Texas in 2012. The bilingual retail specialist positions are available immediately and positions will be posted at http://connect.att.jobs/texas/bilingual.
Although bilingual employees are being hired across the North Texas region, the majority are in the DFW area. Other open positions will be filled in El Paso, Carlsbad and Hobbs (NM), Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Longview, and Waco/Temple.
Retail Sales Professional work hands-on with customers to understand their communications needs and discover how AT&T products meet those needs. The hires are a combination of new jobs and filling vacancies created by attrition. These jobs also offer great earning potential, amazing benefits and career growth opportunity only a company with the AT&T history can offer; discounts on AT&T products and services, Tuition Reimbursement Program, Medical/Dental/Vision benefits for entire family, and up to 22 days off per year.
For AT&T, commitment to hiring and retaining a diverse, talented and dedicated workforce is a key strategic priority. The company has been nationally recognized for its diversity programs and performance, including being named to DiversityInc.’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity Hall of Fame.
“This is some very welcome good news about jobs,” said Rick Ortiz, President & CEO, Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. “AT&T’s investment in high-tech jobs shows that private businesses are ready to invest and hire where they have a stable, sensible tax and regulatory environment. This is a model for how we can grow North Texas jobs.”
AT&T also invested more than $2.85 billion in its Dallas-Fort Worth area wireless and wireline networks from 2010 through 2012, part of a total investment of more than $7 billion Texas during that period. Those investments have helped ensure our customers have a network they can count on to talk and surf on their mobile phones or on any of their connected devices anywhere they go.
AT&T is one of the largest employers in America and the nation’s largest private employer of full-time union employees. With highly competitive wages and benefits, AT&T jobs are among the best in the U.S.
“These investments in hiring bilingual employees and in our networks reflect our commitment to fulfill our promise to provide all of our customers an extraordinary experience. It’s an investment in our present and in our future” said Adam Vital, vice president and general manager for AT&T’s North Texas Region. “In addition to improving quality of life for our customers, these AT&T jobs bring new wealth that will help support our communities and brighten our economic future.
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